Samuelian v. Life Generations Healthcare

Noncompetition agreements arising from the sale of an entire business interest are void per se, but a sale of a partial business interest differs drastically from the sale of an entire business interest, and so a noncompetition provision arising from a partial sale cannot be deemed inherently anticompetitive and invalidated per se; the provision must be scrutinized under the reasonableness standard to determine whether it has procompetitive benefits given the nature of the selling owner’s continuing connection to the business. Samuelian v. Life Generations Healthcare - filed Aug. 20, 2024, Fourth District, Div. Three Cite as 2024 S.O.S. 2870 Full text click here >http://sos.metnews.com/sos.cgi?0824//G061911.